windpipe
Trachea is bounded by c-shaped ring to provide it support and flexibility
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The Glottis
The windpipe.
Carina.
The tube through which oxygen travels down to the lungs is called the trachea. It is also known as the windpipe and is a crucial part of the respiratory system.
The breathing pipe in humans is called the trachea, which connects the throat to the lungs and allows air to pass in and out of the body.
The first branches off the trachea are called the bronchi. The trachea divides into two primary bronchi, which further branch out into smaller bronchioles within the lungs.
What keeps the trachea open are small cartilage ring, called cricoid cartilage.
The windpipe.
TracheaPlenumManifoldThe trachea is the airway in the respiratory system sometimes called the windpipe.